VRE vs. AIRC, RITM, KRG, EPRT, VNO, RYN, KRC, PECO, HASI, and IRT
Should you be buying Veris Residential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veris Residential include Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), Rithm Capital (RITM), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Rayonier (RYN), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), and Independence Realty Trust (IRT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) and Apartment Income REIT (NYSE:AIRC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Apartment Income REIT had 6 more articles in the media than Veris Residential. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Apartment Income REIT and 1 mentions for Veris Residential. Veris Residential's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Apartment Income REIT's score of 1.20 indicating that Veris Residential is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.0% of Veris Residential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Apartment Income REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Veris Residential shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Apartment Income REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Veris Residential pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Apartment Income REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Veris Residential pays out -21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apartment Income REIT pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Apartment Income REIT has a net margin of 79.54% compared to Veris Residential's net margin of -32.51%. Apartment Income REIT's return on equity of 25.86% beat Veris Residential's return on equity.
Veris Residential has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apartment Income REIT has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Veris Residential currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.64%. Apartment Income REIT has a consensus price target of $36.59, suggesting a potential downside of 5.58%. Given Veris Residential's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Veris Residential is more favorable than Apartment Income REIT.
Apartment Income REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Veris Residential. Veris Residential is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apartment Income REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Apartment Income REIT received 20 more outperform votes than Veris Residential when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 32.39% of users gave Apartment Income REIT an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Veris Residential an outperform vote.
Summary
Apartment Income REIT beats Veris Residential on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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